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It's unfortunate that Austin, such a creative and progressive city, is surrounded by the rest of Texas.
It's unfortunate that Austin, such a creative and progressive city, is surrounded by the rest of Texas.
what a fucking waste of money. don't these law enforcement officials have anything more useful to do?
No
You have to be very careful driving through the smaller towns. The cops have absolutely nothing else to do and the jursidictions make a lot of money of pulling out of towners over. Mostly for speeding butaparently narcotics busts as well too now
His talk (audio only) can be found here: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP992467
Even 5 years ago I never thought gay marriage had a chance in America. But now it seems like just a matter of time and entirely obvious. There will come a tipping point with drugs laws in America where marijuana decriminalization seems equally inevitable. Unfortunately we still have a ways to go.
what a fucking waste of money. don't these law enforcement officials have anything more useful to do?
As a lifelong resident of the south and a current resident of (Austin) Texas I can tell you. No You have to be very careful driving through the smaller towns. The cops have absolutely nothing else to do and the jursidictions make a lot of money of pulling out of towners over. Mostly for speeding butaparently narcotics busts as well too now
What will this look like 20 years from now when marijuana is decriminalised? I always wonder that when seeing these sad stories. How will our future selves view the ignorance of the past in regards to drug laws? Even 5 years ago I never thought gay marriage had a chance in America. But now it seems like just a matter of time and entirely obvious. There will come a tipping point with drugs laws in America where mariju…
[1] http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_WA_2...